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Aubrey Paige Age: How Old Is Ryan Seacrest Girlfriend? Everything We Know About The Model
September 13, 2022 by vishwas
As his current girlfriend Aubrey Paige shares the screen with his co-host Kelly, Ryan Seacrest cannot help but gush about her.
The TV host and his girlfriend have a highly publicized relationship, as they are frequently spotted spending time together on holidays and weekends. After beginning their romantic relationship in 2021, the couple has been together for nearly a year.
Ryan John Seacrest is a well-known American television personality and producer, whereas Aubrey Paige is a professional model.
How old is Aubrey Paige, the girlfriend of Ryan Seacrest?
1997 is the year of Aubrey Paige's birth, so she is currently 24 years old. Although she was given the name Aubrey Paige Petcosky at birth, her most common moniker is Aubrey Paige.
In addition, she is a native American, born and raised in the United States. The model was born and raised in Binghamton, New York, before relocating to Austin, Texas. According to her LinkedIn page, Paige graduated in 2019 with an associate's degree in fashion marketing from Austin Community College.
Paige immigrated to California shortly after graduating from Austin Community College. Consequently, the influencer now resides in Los Angeles, California.
Age of Ryan Seacrest: How Old Is He?
On the other hand, her boyfriend Ryan Seacrest was born on December 24, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently 47 years old. He is the son of attorney for real estate Gary Lee Seacrest and housewife Constance Marie (née Zullinger).
In addition, speaking of his family history, his grandfather, Henry Gene Skeen, was a major general in the American Army, and his father was a lieutenant. As opposed to playing with G.I. Ryan's mother told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he would always have a small microphone and perform house concerts while playing Joes or Cowboys and Indians.
Ryan's current girlfriend, Aubrey, is 23 years younger than he is. Despite the 23-year age difference between Seacrest and Paige, the Live With Kelly and Ryan cohost has previously dated people half his age.
13 years separate ex-girlfriend Julianne Hough and ex-boyfriend Ryan Seacrest, who dated from 2010 to 2013. Before he began dating Paige, he dated chef Shayna Taylor, who is 17 years his junior, for eight years.
Aubrey Paige's Career And Net Worth
Aubrey Paige is employed as a model professionally. Since Paige began modeling, several years have passed. According to her Instagram bio, she currently has a contract with Genetics Model Management. She possesses a towering stature and a flawlessly slender and toned physique.
Her first significant modeling campaign, according to the sources, was for Dick's Sporting Goods. Additionally, Paige uploaded images from the campaign to Facebook in August 2021 and stated, "Being able to work for a company that was founded in my hometown of Binghamton, New York, means the world to me. Check it out in the DSG catalogue, stores, and online."
Aubrey Paige Job
In regards to Aubrey Paige's occupation, she is also an aspiring screenwriter in addition to being a professional model. In fact, she posted a picture of a script in March 2022 with the words "Written by Aubrey Paige Petcosky, Based on Real Events" deliberately written over the title.
In addition, she is a social media influencer who frequently collaborates with brands to promote their products. As a model and influencer, it is evident from Paige's social media profiles that she places a high priority on health and fitness.
Consequently, the model has an entire Story Highlight devoted to "wellness," which includes multiple Stories of her exercising and consuming nutritious food. On her TikTok profile, she has also posted several instructional and exercise videos. Even running with Ryan Seacrest is enjoyable for the model. In August of 2022, the couple was observed walking home from the gym in New York City.
What Is Aubrey Paige's Boyfriend Ryan Net Worth?
According to Forbes, Ryan Seacrest, Aubery's boyfriend, has a net worth of $ 60 million USD. For the daily gabfest, Seacrest earns over $10 million, and he is similarly compensated for hosting "Idol in America." Furthermore, the majority of his income comes from the radio and television industries.
As previously stated, he is a well-respected media producer and personality who also serves as executive producer on Netflix shows such as "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and "Insatiable."
In 2014, he collaborated with Macy's to create the menswear label Ryan Seacrest Distinction, and he also offers the Polished for Men skincare line. In 2006, he became a co-host and executive producer for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.
From 2004 to 2013, and again in 2016, Seacrest received Emmy Award nominations for his work on American Idol. He was also nominated for another Emmy in 2012 for producing Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, which he had won in 2010. In addition, Seacrest was nominated in 2018 for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host and Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment for Live with Kelly and Ryan.
How long has Ryan Seacrest been dating his girlfriend, Aubrey Paige?
Aubrey Paige and her boyfriend Ryan Seacrest were first spotted together during Memorial Day festivities in the Hamptons, New York, in May 2021, according to The Daily Mail. It appears that they have been dating for at least a year at this point.
Aubrey, despite being an Instagram influencer, made her Instagram account private after the news about Ryan became public. Prior to Memorial Day weekend, she had published images of herself hanging out at Ryan's Beverly Hills home.
About a year ago, Ryan and his ex-girlfriend, chef and health influencer Shayna Taylor, 29, decided to end their seven-year relationship.
Relationship Chronology of Aubrey Paige and Ryan Seacrest
Similar to their first public appearance, the couple vacationed in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, in early November, according to images obtained by the Daily Mail. On New Year's Eve, Aubrey gushed on Instagram: "It's safe to say that meeting the most wonderful dude was the best part of 2021."
The two were seen walking his dog in New York City on February 21, 2022. "I am really fond of her," Ripa said of Paige on Live in April 2022.
Ryan has reportedly met Aubrey's family, and they think he's a wonderful man, according to a source close to the couple.
According to the source, Ryan is increasingly confident that he and Aubrey are long-term compatible. "He's trying not to get too far ahead of himself; after all, it's still early, but the fact that he was willing to wear a tuxedo on the red carpet was a significant development," a source said.
In August 2022, the couple was photographed walking home together in New York City following a couple's gym session.
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Previous Relations of Ryan Seacrest
The Howard Stern Show reported in 2009 that Seacrest had a two-year on-and-off relationship with model Sara Jean Underwood. In April 2010, Seacrest began dating professional dancer, actress, and singer Julianne Hough, who competed on Dancing with the Stars.
In addition, it was revealed that their relationship ended on March 15, 2013. The couple dated for more than two years prior to their breakup. He returned to the University of Georgia on May 14, 2016, to counsel graduates and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
In 2017, Seacrest began dating Shayna Taylor, a model. They announced their separation in the summer of 2020. His representative told Us in June 2020 that "Ryan and Shayna chose to end their love relationship amicably some time ago." However, they remain close friends and each other's closest supporters. They will always cherish the time they spent together.
Paige eventually moved on with Seacrest, but it took months before she met Ripa. During an April 2022 episode of their talk show, the All My Children actress referred to Paige's girlfriend as "the most exciting guest" at her husband Mark Consuelos' birthday party.
Aubrey Paige Instagram
Aubrey Paige has over sixty thousand followers on Instagram. Her Instagram handle is @aubreypaige_.
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Ryan Seacrest has amassed a massive following on Instagram, with over 6 million followers. His Instagram account can be found at @ryanseacrest, and he has shared over 3,400 posts.
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Concerns delay proposed wind farms off N.C. coast
Adam Wagner, Gatehouse Media
WILMINGTON | As the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) prepares to lease the first of three North Carolina wind energy sites, progress on a pair of locations off Southeastern N.C. remains stalled.
In response to concerns about how the Wilmington areas could affect North Atlantic right whale habitat areas and the wind power available to a larger site off South Carolina's Grand Strand, BOEM year shifted their lease processes from the North Carolina to the South Carolina designation.
That will allow the lease of a 122,000-acre site off the Outer Banks, near Kitty Hawk, to move forward March 16 while BOEM and local agencies continue to evaluate the six South Carolina sites, now including the pair below the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
A specific schedule for development of the Wilmington sites is not available right now, Jim Bennett, the chief of BOEM's Office of Renewable Energy Programs, said in a statement.
Leases at the Wilmington sites are likely at least a year or two away, said Katharine Kollins, president of the Southeastern Wind Coalition, a Raleigh-based trade group.
"It's really dependent on a community and a developer's sense of urgency around development, "she said," and because there's been so much of that in the Northeast, in California, in Hawaii, BOEM's spending a lot of their time and energy there."
Ideal for offshore wind
Industry advocates have long maintained North Carolina's coast is ripe for wind development, pointing to the state's long coastline that has significant stretches where the Atlantic Ocean is 98 feet deep or shallower, ideal depth for wind turbines.
Residents of coastal towns, especially in Brunswick County, have expressed concerns that wind turbines visible from the coast could have a negative impact on the area's booming tourism industry.
Those concerns are part of the reason the Wilmington sites are under evaluation, according to Bennett, who noted several coastal municipalities have requested a 27.6 mile gap between the coast and the turbines to guarantee they're not visible.
Such a setback would cause the elimination of the Wilmington West plot and prevent development of large chunks of the Wilmington East and Grand Strand areas. South Carolina municipalities, meanwhile, have expressed no such opposition.
Environmental groups such as the N.C. Coastal Federation are interested in seeing the development of renewable energy resources, as long as the process is transparent and addresses environmental concerns.
"We're in favor if offshore wind, through the permit process, can mitigate any negative effects," said Mike Giles, a coastal advocate based at the federation's Wrightsville Beach office.
The coastal federation, Giles added, is primarily worried about how the infrastructure used to bring power onshore from the turbines would impact beaches and inlets. Additionally, the organization would like to see the state develop a stronger policy to support wind power and other sources of renewable energy.
"North Carolina just seems to be lagging behind in boosting unique and modern ways to provide energy," Giles said, "to provide jobs, to provide an economic boost to coastal regions that are mainly supported by tourism."
Seeking certainty
Leasing of the Kitty Hawk site is one of the first moving ahead in a state without a definitive offshore wind policy, Kollins said. Nevertheless, nine companies have expressed interest in developing the Kitty Hawk offshore site.
"Nine is a lot for a state that doesn't have specific offshore wind policy," Kollins said. "There's no certainty around who can and would buy that power, where in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland they have certainty."
A Norwegian company bid $42.5 million in December to win the rights to a 79,350-acre site south of Long Island, N.Y.
By comparison, the Wilmington East site, which begins about 17.3 miles from Bald Head Island and runs 20.7 miles southeast, spans 133,590 acres. The Wilmington West site, which is slightly northwest of the eastern one and separated by a shipping lane, begins 11.5 nautical miles from shore and covers 51,595 acres.
Kollins believes development of the Wilmington sites will likely be linked with that of the Grand Strand site off the South Carolina coast. Wind's energy is sapped when it hits banks of turbines, leaving less energy for the wind farms beyond them.
"A developer would want the option to create the most efficient turbine array," Kollins said, adding controlling the areas directly north and south would make that easier.

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CIAT's Floway Achieves Eurovent's Top Air-Tightness Rating
CIAT has achieved Eurovent's top air-tightness rating for its Floway range of compact, high performance air handling units. Air leakage from the system is minimised to negligible levels, enabling the units to operate at a high level of energy efficiency, meaning better system performance and lower operational costs. CIAT is a part of Carrier, a leading global provider of innovative heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies.
CIAT secured the coveted Eurovent L1 status for Floway by achieving leakage rates of less than 0.15 l/sm² at a pressure of -400 Pa, and less than 0.22 l/sm² at a pressure of +700 Pa. This is a 60 per cent improvement on leakage rates for L2 rated systems, which covers the majority of air handling unit systems available.
"Air tightness in air handling units has a profound effect on the performance and energy efficiency of systems. Losses of cooled or heated air means the system has to work harder, using more energy. As a result of our meticulous engineering and design, we are delighted that CIAT's Floway has achieved Eurovent's highest rating for air tightness," said Paul Smith, head of sales, CIAT UK.
"The improved efficiency translates into even better performance and lower running costs for customers throughout the lifetime of the equipment. It also gives us an important edge over competitors, as the majority don't achieve this level of air tightness."
The new Floway system remains highly cost-competitive, but is suitable for high specification projects requiring the highest levels of efficiency and performance, such as premium office buildings, hotels, leisure facilities, public buildings, universities and hospitals.
It is available in three models, Classic, Vertical and Ceiling-mounted, plus the Floway DX, which combines a Floway system with a high efficiency DX unit for integrated heating and cooling in one package, backed by Toshiba Carrier UK Ltd as a single supplier for total peace of mind.
CIAT's Floway system has been developed and tested in its research and development centre at Culoz, France. Test rooms replicate real-life climatic conditions and environments, enabling tests of air-tightness, panel insulation, acoustics, heat recovery performance and controls to be carried out to internationally recognised Eurovent standards.


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FDA Warnings, Horror Stories, Suicide - Psychiatric Watchdog Group Calls for Action
WEBWIRE – Monday, July 4, 2005
LOS ANGELES, July 5 -- Tom Cruise: Public come forth in support of his hard-hitting statements, Brooke Shields: The facts and figures speak for themselves.
"I had two sons -- David Lee, age 8 and Billy, 16 -- and my wife of 20 years -- all gone. After being on Prozac for 21 days, my wife shot and killed both of these two boys...." This testimony from Tucker Moneymaker before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hearing into an antidepressant in 1991 was ignored, along with the stories of dozens of other victims and scientists.
A panel of nine psychiatrists, many with financial ties to pharmaceutical companies, heard the chilling testimony but refused to sound the alarm that the antidepressant could cause suicide and violence. Fourteen years later, on July 1, the victims were vindicated after the FDA warned that SSRI antidepressants potentially cause suicide not just in children but also in adults. Last year, an FDA Advisory also acknowledged the drugs could cause hostility and aggression.
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) today launched a forum on its website for victims of psychiatric drugs and misdiagnosis to report their abuse and to revisit the 1991 FDA Hearings in a mini-documentary, "The FDA: From Cover Up to 'Black Box' Warning." Last October, the FDA ordered a "black box" label warning that children can become suicidal while taking the drugs.
Since 1991, over 100 children have committed suicide after being prescribed antidepressants and more than 25 people have been killed and 50 wounded by teens' murderous shooting sprees while taking the drugs. Millions of adults have suffered other side effects including sexual dysfunction and "electric shock-like sensations" while withdrawing from them.
Filmed statements from psychiatric victims and parents whose children committed suicide shortly after being prescribed mind-altering drugs appear as both a public information service and warning.
William: "It was horrible. I would start quivering and shaking. I could not control anything...I had no feelings...Someone could have come and said my mother died. I would not have reacted...I don't think highly of psychiatric drugs at all."
Molly: "'here's a 17-year-old guinea pig, let's blast her with 90 mgs (of an antidepressant).' So when I was released I didn't know how to function as a zombie. I had no personality. None of my underlying issues had been addressed or resolved so I attempted to kill myself."
CCHR, a psychiatric watchdog established by the Church of Scientology in 1969, has documented patient testimony against psychotropic drugs, electroshock, psychosurgery, involuntary and voluntary commitment and psychiatric rape and fraud.
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Resident Of Crue Affirms That Overqualification Of Graduates Is Due To Lack Of Opportunities
October 2, 2021 Madison Heyward
The president of Crue Spanish Universities and rector of the University of Córdoba, José Carlos Gómez Villamandos, has stated, during the closing ceremony of the presentation of the Report of the Knowledge and Development Foundation (CYD) 2021, that the so-called "overqualification" of University graduates, of which this document warns, is due to the "lack of opportunities" offered by the productive fabric.
Gómez Villamandos has intervened through a video in this event directed by the president of the CYD Foundation, Ana Botín, who has been accompanied in person by the president of the Executive Committee of this entity, Javier Monzón, and the director of Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Mateo Valero. The Minister of Universities, Manuel Castells, also closed the event with a video.
"Overqualification, you know our opinion, endorsed by data, is the lack of opportunities offered to our young people, and that these are concentrated geographically", stressed the president of Crue, who recalled that the document Spain 2050, points out that the "first challenge" as a country is "to be more productive" and identifies the business structure, made up mostly of micro-enterprises, as one of the "serious weaknesses" of the Spanish economy that "weighs on productivity and competitiveness".
The also rector of the University of Córdoba has reiterated before this audience, in which was the member of the Permanent Committee of Crue and rector of the University of the Basque Country, Eva Ferreira, the need to remember that the Spanish University System «is one one of the best and most equitable systems in Europe ", despite being one of the" worst funded and with less autonomy in personnel and academic policies ".
Regarding rationalizing and making the academic offer more flexible to better respond to society's demands, the president of Crue has also indicated that universities "want and can" address this reality, not without warning that public service implies maintaining the offer of degrees with low enrollment in socially necessary areas. "Can you imagine that we would have closed Mathematics as not long ago we were demanded?", He asked, to answer that now it is one of the most demanded careers. "We do not know what the profiles of the future will be like," he asserted.
The president of Crue has recognized that "the internationalization of universities has room for improvement", but has also explained that this matter has two derivatives: On the one hand, the development of joint international degrees, for which a relaxation of current regulations; and on the other, greater autonomy in human resource management to attract and retain international talent.
Regarding the reflection that Spanish universities must lead the changes towards a sustainable society model, as the report points out, Gómez Villamandos recalled that university institutions have been working for years on the objectives of the 2030 Agenda and demanding more participation and responsibility, by as in entrepreneurship, to stop depopulation or to be a strategic part of Global Spain. "All this was reflected in our document University 2030, we will continue working and claiming, do not hesitate," he added.
The Next Generation Fund Opportunity and LOSU
The president of Crue has warned of the opportunity that European Next Generation funds represent for universities and has recalled the role of participation that these can have in the Government's Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.
«Our proposal is to transform university campuses into poles of economic development from an integral perspective. Universities have the potential to do so and we can also attract significant funds from the Next Generation program of the EU, "said Gómez Villamandos, who has also warned of the" expiration "of these funds and that, if they are not They take the opportunity to structurally reinforce the system, "there will be no more opportunities as a country."
The rector of the University of Córdoba recalled that the draft of the Organic Law of the University System (LOSU) is also a "perfect window, if it is done thinking about what Spain needs and not what the agents demand for themselves."
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Schuler Plumbing is Proud to Offer Residential and Commercial Plumbing Services to the City of Blaine.
Blaine MN Community Profile
Schuler Plumbing is proud to be serving the good people of Blaine Minnesota. We thought you might like to know a bit more about this interesting and vibrant community.
The city of Blaine is located in Anoka County in Minnesota and is part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. The 3 main routes in the city are Interstate Highway 35W, US Highway 10 and Minnesota State Highway 65.
Blaine was previously a part of the city of Anoka up until 1877. The first settler in Blaine was Philip Lady who lived near a lake which is now named after him, Laddie Lake. However, he died shortly upon arriving and his relatives moved to Minneapolis.
It was not until 1865 that Blaine saw its first permanent resident by the name of Green Chambers, a former slave who moved from Barren County, Kentucky after the Civil War. In 1870, George Wall, Joseph Gagner and others settled and the town grew.
1877 was the year that Blaine separated itself from Anoka and established a township of its own. It was at that time that Moses Ripley the first elected chairman of the Board of Supervisors persuaded the other board members to rename the new township in honor of James Blaine, a Republican senator and Speaker of the US House of Representatives. By 1880, the population of the fledgling township grew to 128.
Blaine's sandy soil and rich wetlands discouraged farming and made the area more a prime hunting area than anything else. Blaine's slow development ceased after World War 2 upon the introduction of starter developments in the southern part of the city which converted it to a more suburban area than rural.
The population grew from 1,694 in 1950 to 20,573 in 1970 to over 57,000 in 2010. For several years Blaine led the Twin Cities metro region in new home construction. The development of the city is attributed to the creation of Interstate Highway 35, US Highway 10 and Minnesota Highway 64 which increased access to the Twin Cities making it a prime location for residential and business development. Moreover, the opening of sand mines created thousands of acres of peat sod farms up for development.
Statistic Blaine Minnesota National
Population 59,295 5,383,661 314,107,084
Population density (sq mi) 1,752 67 91
Married (15yrs & older) 63% 58% 55%
Speak English 86% 89% 79%
Speak Spanish 3% 4% 13%
The average age in Blaine is 4% lower than the state
82.72% of residents is Caucasian
3.96% of residents is African-American
8.10% of residents are Asian
Index Blaine Minnesota National
Cost of living index 105 102 100
Goods & Services index 108 106 100
Groceries index 106 105 100
Health care index 106 110 100
Housing index 106 101 100
Transportation index 101 98 100
Utilities index 96 91 100
In the event that the cost of living data was unavailable for this city, estimates based upon nearby cities were used. Each cost of living index is based on a national average of 100. If the amount is below 100, it is lower than the national average. If the amount is above 100, it is higher than the national average.
Cost of living in Blaine is 3% higher than the Minnesota average
Cost of living in Blaine is 5% higher than the national average
Item Blaine National avg. Difference
Haircut $24.24 $15.56 55.8%
Beauty Salon $34.24 $36.11 5.2%
Toothpaste $3.32 $2.47 34.4%
Shampoo $1.04 $0.96 7.4%
Movie $9.88 $10.13 2.4%
Bowling $4.12 $4.74 13.1%
Ground Beef $4.14 $3.98 4.0%
Fried Chicken $2.00 $1.41 42.1%
Milk $2.23 $2.06 8.1%
Potatoes $3.30 $2.98 10.5%
Pizza $10.53 $9.47 11.1%
Beer $8.81 $8.79 0.2%
Optometrist $81.38 $101.04 19.5%
Doctor $133.98 $107.44 24.7%
Dentist $85.91 $90.42 5.0%
Ibuprofen $11.82 $9.28 27.4%
Lipitor $416.78 $426.50 2.3%
There are 3 main schools located within the city, Blaine High School which is home to the Bengals and is located in the Anoka-Hennepin District, Centennial High School home to the Cougars and Paladin Career and Technical High School a public charter school.
Blaine is also where Globe University/Minnesota School of Business is located and is known as a nationally accredited college that offers masters, bachelor's and associate degree programs in IT and business, health and legal sciences.
Blaine is also the home of Rasmussen College, a private school offering different courses to residents.
Here are some of the places of worship in Blaine MN
Chain of Lakes Church
Abundant Life Community Church
Apostolic Lutheran Church
Blaine Baptist Church
Blaine United Methodist Church
Bridgewood Community Church
Cornerstone Church of Blaine
Good Shepherd Evangelical Covenant Church
Grace Apostolic Church
Kingswood Church
Based on the latest Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, here is the list of the top employers in the city:
Carley Foundry
Bermo, Inc.
PTC, Inc.
The most popular industries in the city based on number of employees are in the fields of manufacturing, healthcare, retail trade and social assistance.
The Tavern Grill – offers great food and beautiful ambience, one of the most respected restaurants in the city.
Hajime – offers great sushi and value for money.
Old Piper Inn – amazing lunch place, amazing service and food.
Clive's Roadhouse – Good food, superb ambience and very friendly staff.
Kintaro Japanese Sushi and Steakhouse – good variety in meals and excellent sushi.
Bricks Kitchen and Pub – serves amazing fries, good variety in beer choices.
Fun Things to Experience in Blaine MN
Visit the Schwan Super Rink, which is located within the National Sports Center. The rink comprises an area of 148,000 square feet, has 32 locker rooms and a pro shop. The arena also boasts of a climate-controlled café that overlooks four of the rinks.
Visit Lakeside Commons Park while in Blaine MN. This is a park that also offers a public beach, volleyball court and playground for the kids. It also features an open play field as well as a shallow splash pad for young kids to play in. You could rent a kayak or even a canoe at the boathouse.
The National Sports Center houses the Victory Link Golf Course, which is an 18-hole links-style course that covers about 400 acres of ground, and Tournament Greens.
Blaine Minnesota indeed is truly a great place. If you'd like to talk to know more about our plumbing services here in Blaine give us a call. We can't wait to meet you.


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Battle Over Maine Solar Energy Policies Continues
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Here's What to Know About Long Island Rail Road Train Derailment
MTA chairman Thomas F. Prendergast said in a Sunday news conference that four of the people injured were listed in serious condition with one of them undergoing surgery, WNBC-TV reported . "We felt like we could actually completely tilt over while it was happening". Service is still disrupted on multiple lines into New York City. Train service in the area was suspended in both directions indefinitely. (more...)
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) Updated Broker Ratings
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'Democracy Now' reporter still could be charged
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Netflix shares jump by 20 percent following increased worldwide subscriptions
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Downgrades Oasis Petroleum Inc. (OAS) to Sell
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Stanley Fischer: Speech On Low Interest rates
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'Thor: Ragnarok' Easter Eggs: Kevin Feige And Taika Waititi Point Out What To Look For
By Ben Pearson/Oct. 18, 2017 3:00 pm EST
We're just over two weeks away from the release of Thor: Ragnarok, and the buzz is building for Marvel Studios' latest entry in their superhero cinematic universe. The full review embargo lifts tomorrow morning (stay tuned for a round-up here on the site soon afterwards), but in the meantime, allow Ragnarok director Taika Waititi and producer Kevin Feige to give you some tips about where to look if you're keeping an eye out for easter eggs in the new film.
For the super sensitive, I'll tell you that some extremely light spoilers follow. As in, they're so light that I almost didn't even bother warning you because some of this stuff discussed is seen in the movies trailers.
At the film's press junket in Los Angeles, the filmmakers were asked if there were any easter eggs hidden in the movie that they could reveal. Feige responded (via ScreenCrush):
"There might be some things in the trash piles. I mean, the biggest – the biggest Easter eggs are on the side of the Sakaaran Palace, right Taika? There are previous Grandmaster champions that we see, as one for Hulk is being constructed, and those are all sort of Easter eggs for the deeper comic universe, that may or may not ever show up in the cinematic universe, but we thought it'd be fun to celebrate."
As you know, the film features Thor (Chris Hemsworth) crash-landing on a trash planet called Sakaar, ruled over by the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum). While most of the planet consists of trash piles building up from various wormholes in the sky overhead, there is a (mostly) clean city where the Grandmaster lives and where the gladiatorial games take place – that's where Hulk and Thor go head to head. We've actually seen the Grandmaster's palace before in the trailers:
And those champions Feige mentioned are chiseled into the structure itself. While he didn't specifically mention which characters are there, the internet did what it does best: they zoomed in far enough to pinpoint and identify the prior champions. They are: Ares (top right), Bi-Beast (bottom right), Beta Rey Bill (top left), and Man-Thing (top). So while none of those characters actually appear in the flesh in this movie, they do exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and there's always the chance that they pop up in another film down the line – especially since things are about to get more cosmic in the coming years.
Waititi followed that up with what may or may not have been a joke:
"And in the trash pile, there is one Easter egg, an actual egg. If you were in – yeah, I mean, it's – it's one of the small ones – well, it's one of the tiny little chocolate ones, and it's the wide shot."
I saw the film last night, but I was not scanning through the trash so I didn't see a literal egg. But it says something about this movie's color palette that a brightly colored easter egg wouldn't be immediately noticeable; Ragnarok is one of the most vibrantly colored films in the whole MCU. Be sure to let us know if you spot this egg or identify any other champions on the palace after you see the movie – it opens on November 3, 2017.


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Home / Entertainment / Former Ballerina Leaps Toward the Right Career Path in Journalism
By Kelvin Jimenez Michaca
Teresa Gomez, senior journalism major at Montclair State University, stopped her training as a pre-professional dancer to become a journalist. Photo courtesy of Teresa Gomez
There is a scene in the film "Billy Elliot" in which 11-year-old Billy is asked by one of the audition judges at the Royal Ballet what it feels like when he is dancing. Billy delivers an enchanting monologue that describes his feelings when he dances: it's like electricity.
Dance also provided Teresa Gomez, a senior journalism major at Montclair State University, with electrifying experiences that would eventually lead toward her ideal future.
Gomez began her dance training at the age of 12 by watching YouTube videos. She was mesmerized by the likes of Autumn Miller and Club Dance Studio. Long before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic mandated virtual dance training, Gomez would follow along with the Royal Ballet's day class and Russian ballet exams.
After realizing her passion for dance, Gomez's parents enrolled her in their local dance studio. Her talent was quickly recognized by Star Essence, another dance studio, where she was invited to join the competition team and train for free. After two years, Gomez's dance teacher told her that there was only so much she could teach her and that it was time for Gomez to advance to a higher level.
"I did [advance] and that's when I got accepted into the Joffrey School [of Ballet], but I didn't get a full scholarship," Gomez said. "So, I still kept going to Star Essence."
Gomez described her upbringing as humble with both of her parents working two jobs each; her goal is to not have to face the same financial burdens as her parents have. Dance training, costumes, makeup and dance competition fees could easily exceed $5,000 annually, making it a fee too costly for many families.
Later, Gomez attended her junior and senior year of high school at Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) to study dance. From grade six through grade 10, she attended Abeka Academy, an online home schooling program by Pensacola Christian College.
"[It] was a jump from being online, to public school," Gomez said. "Once I was at [MCVTS], I started auditioning for colleges my senior year."
Teresa Gomez, a former ballerina, looks forward to a career in journalism and an independent future.
Photo courtesy of Teresa Gomez
Gomez applied to Montclair State, University of Virginia, Marymount Manhattan College and Rutgers University as a dance and premedical major. She hoped to one day work at Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at New York University's Langone Orthopedic Hospital.
Unfortunately, she was not accepted into any of the dance programs. Rejection, however, did not deter her from dancing.
"I auditioned for 'West Side Story,' a bunch of different schools [and] the [Martha] Graham School," Gomez said. "I would just have fun at auditions; I had nothing to lose. It wasn't life or death for me."
Emely Alba, a senior communication and media arts major and friend of Gomez, attested to Gomez's resilience.
"There were moments where I could see her stress out, but she always pushed through, no matter the obstacle." Alba said.
Gomez recalled her experience auditioning for Ballet Hispanico (BH), located in Manhattan's Upper West Side. BH, according to their website, is "the nation's renowned Latino dance organization and one of America's cultural treasures."
"I went to [BH and] it was the first year they were doing the Nuestro Futuro scholarship program audition," Gomez said. "I remember thinking I did a really bad job. It was three hours [and] there were over 100 people of various ages. I just remember loving it and wishing I could be there after I left."
A month later Gomez received an email stating that she was the recipient of the inaugural Nuestro Futuro scholarship, a yearlong full-tuition scholarship to support her training.
Once at BH, Gomez was fully immersed in the role of a pre-professional dancer. She remembers a time the Broadway cast of King Kong was rehearsing next door to her studio. She also acquired new dance styles: flamenco, Afro-Cuban and the modern techniques of Martha Graham and Katherine Dunham.
She performed at the United Palace theater, Tony Bennett Concert Hall and would have performed at The Joyce Theater, had it not been for her academic responsibilities.
.@MSU_Thtre_Dance student @teresamdg14 expresses the freedom, the release, the absolute joy that comes with the end of the semester and the holiday season. It's a spirit we share as each of us dance our way through life. #finishline #happyholidays #dance pic.twitter.com/Xl13tQhED9
— Montclair State U (@montclairstateu) December 20, 2018
During her freshman year at Montclair State, Gomez realized chemistry and mathematics were not her favorite subjects, resulting in a hesitance about her future plans to be a pre-medical major.
"[My time at BH] definitely brought me to what I chose now, journalism. There was one day that [journalists] from Dance Magazine came to [BH]. They talked about their career goals and that they wanted a stable income," Gomez said. "And growing up not having so much money, I wanted that."
Gomez was passionate about dance, but she acknowledged that the financial reality of the field was not in line with the future she envisioned for herself.
This newfound interest led her to change her major and apply to the journalism program at Montclair State's School of Communication and Media Arts (SCM). Gomez met with professor Thomas Franklin before being accepted into SCM. Gomez remembers how candid Franklin was.
"He was like, 'Well, journalism is hard. Not everybody finds a job. You might not even get a job; you might not even end up in journalism,'" Gomez recalled. "He asked me what I wanted to do, and I remember I said, 'I don't know, maybe I'll work for a news company, maybe work for ABC or something.'"
Fast-forward to January of this year and Gomez was hired as an intern at WABC-TV in the creative services and community engagement department. She also decided to focus on her studies and stop formally training in dance. At WABC-TV, Gomez was reunited with ex-feature editor of The Montclarion and classmate, Chanila German.
"I think that her dance background has really helped her become a visual learner," German said. "She learns better by seeing someone do something and then she'll grasp it right away. She'll be like, 'Thanks, got it,' and run with it. That's definitely coming from dance."
Gomez credits dance with many of her strengths as a journalist.
"Especially because [to] edit
, you have to have rhythm," Gomez said. "If you don't have rhythm as an editor, nobody is going to really watch [your video], because you want to feel that motion as you're watching. [In dance] I learned about working as a group, talking with other people, dedication, being determined and not giving up."
Gomez is looking forward to her future, post-graduation.
"Five years from now, I hope that I'm producing, editing or writing," Gomez said. "Honestly, my biggest goal is to have a stable job where I can live on my own, do things on my own and be independent."
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The Salt Beds Of Salduro: Chapter Six
One Run by the Blitzen Benz Changes the Course of History for the Salt Beds of Salduro
Aug 12, 2014 Brian Lohnes
(By Bret Kepner SCTA Official and member of the Society of Land Speed Historians) – On Wednesday, August 12, 1914, the express train from Salt Lake City was met at 12:45 PM by three drivers who raced the locomotive to Salduro. There, around one hundred fifty dignitaries and spectators disembarked and gazed through the blinding glare at the assembled speed machines before them. More reporters made the trip as did a larger group from Wendover. Governor William Spry, the guest of honor, seemed as popular as the race drivers.
The day's half-mile trials found all of the cars and motorcycles making repeated runs. D'Alene's Marmon posted a best of another 19.40-second pass, (92.783 mph), but Carlson's Maxwell slowed from its previous performance. Kennedy's Chalmers recorded its fastest speed at 87.378. Tetzlaff jumped in his gas-powered Maxwell, (with which he spent most of the first two days racing trains), and posted a respectable 89.108. It was Carlson, however, who earned the honors of the fastest "small car" on his last effort at 93.750 mph, (discounting the blatantly erroneous 112.500 mph clocked Tetzlaff's Maxwell on one of the few one-mile runs attempted on Monday).
The battle of the motorcycles came down to two riders who fought weekly at the Wandermere and Salt Palace velodromes in Salt Lake City. Al Ward's 60-cubic two-cylinder Indian Hendee Special suffered terminal damage early in the event but Ward hopped aboard a Harley-Davidson Model 10 which was tuned, in part, by Rishel. Ward and longtime rival Fred Whittler's Merkel-Light Flying Merkel, (using a similar engine), were often separated by only fractions of a second but Ward managed the meet's best performance at 95.744 mph on the Harley-Davidson. The crowd was also treated to match races and three-abreast races often over a mile in length.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Tetzlaff was ready for his record attempt but another broken fuel line forced the run to be aborted. The thirty-minute delay served only to build the anticipation of the run while his mechanicians, Basso and Benedict, worked to repair the car. Finally, "Terrible Teddy" and riding mechanic Domenich left the starting line and thundered away from the crowd. The time was announced via megaphone to the assemblage as twelve and three-fifths seconds, (12.60), and a speed of 142.857 miles per hour for a new World's Speed Record!
Tetzlaff returned to the cheering throng among the most happy of whom was Governor Spry. As photographers captured images of Spry and Tetzlaff surrounded by ecstatic spectators, the Governor asked for a ride. Tetzlaff obliged by taking Spry, (in his Maxwell racer rather than the Benz), for a 90 mph run on the half-mile course. Spry was still in the mechanic's seat when, for the final event of the day, Tetzlaff won a three-abreast race with D'Alene's Mormon and Carlson's Maxwell.
Ernie Moross, "Big Bill" Rishel and each driver and mechanic extolled the virtues of the salt beds to the assembled press, proclaiming it the "finest race course in the world". Both Moross and Tetzlaff insisted the Blitzen Benz could achieve speeds as high as 155 mph with more time on the course. The event was contested on damp, (but not wet), salt and the drivers insisted the surface added a margin of safety by keeping the fragile tires cool while still affording traction. Benedict opined the Benz would've run even faster had the course benefitted from sea-level atmospheric conditions. Rishel announced to reporters the time was official, sanctioned by the AAA and would stand as the new World Record. It was a magic moment in which the ultimate goals of every individual involved were reached in spectacular fashion.
The Wendover residents returned home. The express train headed east back to Salt Lake City and the Moross troupe's locomotive soon followed. Once again, Salduro became an oasis of isolation in the middle of the Great Salt Desert.
The reporters filed their stories and the news spread to every corner of the country. Lost in the fervor, however, was the total illegitimacy of Tetzlaff's new 142.857 mph speed record. Those who reported from the scene transmitted the information they received on the salt and, once again, the half-mile elapsed time of 12.60 seconds was doubled to produce a projected one-mile clocking of 25.20 seconds to beat Burman's 25.40 clocking at Ormond. Unfortunately, Burman was never clocked over a straight half-mile distance and Tetzlaff never drove a full mile.
Most news reports indicated Tetzlaff only ran a half-mile but many blatantly stated he drove a mile in 25.20 seconds. Nearly all compared his speed directly to Burman's run and nearly all, in one form or another, were simply incorrect. The Salt Lake Tribune covered all bases; its coverage noted Tetzlaff ran on a half-mile course but claimed the one-mile record by clocking a 12.60-second half-mile at "a rate of a mile in 25.2 seconds" and then ran an erroneous headline declaring Tetzlaff had covered a half-mile in 25.4 seconds! Even the one-paragraph "aggregate" results transmitted globally by the Associated Press did state Tetzlaff only drove a half-mile but added, "at the rate of 25 1-5 seconds for the mile, which is 1-5 under the world's record".
While the world was thrilled with the new record, the AAA was incensed. Rishel did, in fact, receive confirmation of AAA sanction prior to the one-mile record attempt and, as the President of the organization's Utah Chapter, Rishel was designated the official observer. The Blitzen Benz II attempt, however, failed to conform to the most basic rules of speed record validation, method of timing and distance of the attempt. Stopwatches had not been permitted as timing devices for speed records under AAA rules since 1910 and the organization only sanctioned straight-line speed records over a distance of one mile. In fact, the AAA disavowed any knowledge of Rishel's request for sanction of a half-mile distance. Rishel only made matters worse when he was quoted in the Salt Lake Telegram describing the fact officials holding the stopwatches may have actually missed the car's true time for the half-mile because Tetzlaff's speed was such that "before the timers could click off their stop watches, Tetzlaff was 100 feet down the course". This blatant admission of timing inaccuracy, (combined with confirmation Tetzlaff was not clocked electronically even over the half-mile distance), while Rishel claimed he was the official representative of the sanctioning authority only further ridiculed the AAA. However, with the news already disseminated via the only media source of the time, there was no way disclaim the effort in a timely manner. Within a week, the AAA made known the run was in no way an official record and, in fact, ostracized Moross for going along with Rishel's plan. However, it was too late. As far as the world knew, "Terrible Teddy" Tetzlaff was the new Land Speed Record holder.
Only the nation's oldest automotive publication, the hard-cover monthly known as Motor Age, presented factual and correct information concerning the final day of the trials. Moreover, Motor Age made note of the extremely important fact Tetzlaff did not record a speed faster than the 142.935 mph kilometer electrically clocked by Arthur Duray's Fiat S76 in Belgium eight months earlier. However, even Motor Age committed an error; the book published the date of Tetzlaff's run as August 11. Although advertisers and even Moross touted the accomplishment for months after the event, Teddy Tetzlaff was not the official American or European Land Speed Record Holder. If the stopwatch times were to be believed, he was only the second-fastest person in human history.
Of all three reputed holders of the Land Speed Record, (Bob Burman at 141.732 mph in the mile, Arthur Duray at 142.935 mph for the kilometer and Tetzlaff's half-mile 142.857 effort), it should be noted all were utilizing four-cylinder engines. None of the trio's speeds were bettered by another four-cylinder vehicle until April 10, 1930, when William "Shorty" Cantlon drove his Miller Special to a two-way average of 144.985 mph. Racing at Muroc Dry Lake in southern California, Cantlon produced a legitimate record under AAA sanction with two runs over an electrically-timed mile in less than one hour. His initial run was clocked at 145.867 mph and his second pass resulted in a speed of 144.115 mph. Cantlon was officially credited with breaking Burman's record. In fact, the next driver to exceed any of the trio's marks was Britain's Ernest A. D. Eldridge who claimed the AIACR World Land Speed record with a two-way average of 145.893 mph for the kilometer on July 12, 1924. Eldridge was driving his 1,323-cubic inch, six-cylinder Fiat Mephistopheles on the road course in Arpajon, France.
The first speed trials on the salt beds of Salduro were a means to a completely different end. In October, 1915, a single-lane, graded dirt road was built from Knolls (UT) to Wendover across the salt by a work team directed by County Road Supervisor G. M. Matthews. After Spry lost the office of Governor in 1916, the Lincoln Highway Association went ahead with its plans to build its south route toward Ibapah. In a surprising revolution, the state of Utah joined forces with private and state contractors to build a better road due west to Wendover over the graded dirt path based on opinions which, in many ways, were influenced by the speed trials. When construction began in 1918, Nelson Lamus was among those who helped built the route. Completed on June 6, 1925, using funds from the newly-created Federal Highway Act, it was named the Victory Highway, (in reference to World War I), and was numbered U.S. Highway 40 the same year. The Wendover road invalidated the need for the southern route to such a degree the Lincoln Highway Association actually endorsed the Victory Highway as the most efficient route.
President Dwight Eisenhower's Federal Highway Reform Act of 1956 allowed Utah's leg of the new Interstate highway system route, (dubbed Interstate 80), to parallel the Victory Highway only twelve hundred feet to the north of the original road. Construction in Utah was not completed until August 22, 1986, which finally produced an uninterrupted highway from New Jersey to California. The original Victory Highway across the salt still exists as the I-80 Frontage Road which parallels the Western Pacific Railroad tracks only one hundred feet to the south.
Land Speed racing failed to prosper on the salt beds, (coined the "salt flats" as early as 1916), due to the remote location and access only by rail. Although several events were planned at Salduro, including trials in 1920 scouted and promoted by Rishel and Will Pickens, (Moross' original promotional manager), the only motorsports activity in the area came when Ab Jenkins opened the Victory Highway in 1925 by driving on it to race a train.
Jenkins and Nelson Lamus are credited with moving the speed contests to the north of the Victory Road and the Western Pacific rails for Jenkins' first speed and endurance trials on September 18-19, 1932. Due in no small part to the introduction of the area to potential industry during Tetzlaff's record attempt, interest in potential commercial opportunities burgeoned at the site. Only eleven months after the original 1914 trials, the Capell Company of Salt Lake City began harvesting salt at the Salduro siding and obliterated the area of the original course. When the nation entered WWI and demand for potash, (potassium chloride, previously imported from Germany), and salt soared, Salduro became home to over three hundred employees. Both the Solvay Process Company and the Utah-Salduro Company built mining facilities onsite and William Spry, who was appointed to the State Land Commissioner's office in 1905 and would go on to serve as Federal Land Commissioner, notoriously denied dozens of prospecting claims to the area in order to keep the new industry operating only on land leases.
It was the Salduro salt mining boom which drew Nelson Lamus, a Minnesota native who lived in Redding (CA), to Salduro in search of work in 1917. While he was a miner by trade, his flair for major excavation projects gained Lamus better employment as the area's director of construction for the Victory Highway while remaining in the employ of the Salduro mining companies.
By 1925, however, demand for product from Salduro waned and, in December, 1928, the Western Pacific ceased stopping at the Salduro Station. By the end of 1929, all mining operations had ended. Among the few hearty residents remaining in what was essentially a "ghost town" was Lamus who gained the reputation as "custodian of the salt flats". Along with his wife, Martha, and children, (including son, Blair, who would become a key figure in Land Speed Racing administration), Lamus lived in a small house constructed of wood and sheet metal in Salduro and eked out a living selling salt to farmers and preparing the race course for all LSR attempts. After two decades of enduring Salduro, (where the nearest fresh water was nine miles away), Lamus and family moved to a more hospitable residence in Wendover by 1938.
In 1939, the Utah-Salduro Company resumed limited operations but closed again at the onset of WWII. A fire in September, 1944, erased all traces of the town and, although mining in the area resumed after the war and continues to the present day, all which remains to mark the site of the original 1914 Salduro speed trials is a small sign bearing the name of the town posted on the railroad building which houses the switching equipment at the original siding where the racers and spectators were parked on Wednesday, August 12, 1914. It is located seventeen hundred feet east of the eastbound Rest Stop on Interstate 80 at Mile 10 and a quarter mile south of the highway.
Chapter 1: The History Of The First Speed Trials At Bonneville
Chapter II: The Opening of the Speedway, the Gold Brick Scandal and the Debut of the Benz
Chapter III: Barney Oldfield is Banned From Auto Racing While Ernie Moross Creates New Stars and New Records
Chapter IV: "Big Bill" Rishel, William Randolph Hearst, the Lincoln Highway and a place named Salduro
Chapter V: Ernie Moross, Bill Rishel, Teddy Tetzlaff and the Blitzen Benz II arrive on the Salt Beds of Salduro
Chapter VI: One Run by the Blitzen Benz Changes the Course of History for the Salt Beds of Salduro
Chapter VII: The Aftermath – What Became Of The Major Players From The First Speed Trials On The Salt
This stunning photograph, taken by the legendary western photographer George L. Beam, shows the train, the cars and the crowd on the salt at Salduro on Wednesday, August 12, 1914. In the background, (left), are the four coaches which hauled the spectators to the Speed Trials and, (right), the two railroad cars used by Ernie Moross' teams and drivers. To the far right is the water tanker brought in as the only source of fresh water for the team members staying at Salduro for three days. In the foreground, (right), is Billy "Coal Oil" Carlson's #32 Maxwell while, in the center of the image, the crowd gathers around "Terrible Teddy" Tetzlaff's similar Maxwell which is located directly in front of the the mountain peak, (located 7.7 miles to the north), which would soon bear Tetzlaff's name as it does to the present day. (Utah State Historical Society/George L. Beam photo restored by Charles L. Wilson)
Another image by George L. Beam captures the Maxwells of Carlson and Tetzlaff with at least one of the motorcycles in competition. The crew members and drivers have already made an attempt to create shade from the soaring temperatures which reportedly hit 120 degrees on the final day of the Speed Trials. (Utah State Historical Society/George L. Beam photo restored by Charles L. Wilson)
Tetzlaff is seen just prior to his final run in the Blitzen Benz II on Wednesday after having made a pair of record attempts over 135 mph in the first two days of competition.
While Californian Billy "Coal Oil" Carlson was usually driving his kerosene-burning Maxwell at Salduro, Pennsylvania racer Harry Goetz also made several speed runs in the #32 car on Wednesday afternoon. (Harry Shipler photo restored by Charles L. Wilson)
Harry Shipler's triumphant image of Teddy Teztlaff, (with arms folded), standing next to an elated Utah Governor William Spry, (with goggles), after the 142.857 mph run. Leaning on the right rear tire is the riding mechanic of the Blitzen Benz II, Domenich Basso. The individual wearing goggles seen between Tetzlaff and Spry may be Salt Lake City Mayor Samuel C. Park. (Harry Shipler photo restored by Charles L. Wilson)
Easily the most accurate coverage of the Salduro Speed Trials came from Speed Age Magazine's Volume 26 published on August 20, 1914. The sole error in the Speed Age report was the incorrect date of the record run which actually occurred on Wednesday, August 12, 1914.
Meanwhile, nearly every other account of the Salduro Trials was a nightmare of erroneous numbers thanks, in no small part, to the decision to use a half-mile course and simply double the elapsed time of the run to create a time for the flying mile distance. Even the single-paragraph Associated Press report, the most-printed of all the wire service stories, contained the confusing determination of a half-mile clocking becoming valid as a record for a distance of one mile.
The coverage of the Salt Lake Telegram included Bill Rishel's blatantly untrue guarantee Tetzlaff's half-mile speed would become the new AAA World Record for that, (or any other), distance.
Many reports across the nation, including this one from the Carbon County (UT) Times, simply claimed Tetzlaff was timed over a flying mile at Salduro and posted the fictitious one-mile elapsed time record.
The extensive coverage by the Salt Lake Tribune also included the confusing sentence, "Tetzlaff drove a half-mile in 12.6 seconds, or at the rate of a mile in 25.2" but then added a headline stating Tetzlaff travelled "a half-mile at a rate of 25.4 seconds" which converts to a speed of 70.866 mph!
The Utah-based Goodwin's Weekly news insisted Tetzlaff covered a flying mile but then dropped the elapsed time four seconds to 22.2 seconds which equals a speed of 162.162 mph!
Teddy Tetzlaff is in the seat of his gasoline-burning #3 Maxwell at the conclusion of the Speed Trials at Salduro. The passenger is presumed to be Utah Governor William Spry. (Harry Shipler photo restored by Charles L. Wilson)
Indiana racer Wilbur D'Alene is shown racing a locomotive toward the east in his 495-cubic inch, four-cylinder Marmon.
Nelson Lamus helped build the first road from Salt Lake City to Wendover which would later become the Victory Highway. Known as the custodian of the salt beds, Lamus groomed the courses for all Land Speed Record attempts after the 1914 Speed Trials through the middle of the century.
Within one year of the Salduro Speed Trials, industrialists saw the potential for harvesting potash from the salt beds and the original race course became a mining center almost immediately. (Harry Shipler photo)
Within six weeks of the Salduro Speed Trials, the push began to change course of the proposed Lincoln Highway to follow the path of the Western Pacific RailRoad across the Great Salt Desert to Wendover. This argument, led by Utah Governor William Spry, also confirmed the success of the original purpose of the races. The original Wendover Route was paved in 1917 and later became the nation's first coast-to-coast road, the Victory Highway.
Prior to construction of Interstate 80, the Victory Highway was sole route available to cross the salt beds heading due west. The Victory Highway still exists as the frontage road to I-80 just north of the Western Pacific RailRoad tracks.
Bret Kepner, author of The Salt Beds of Salduro stands at the only marked location of the site of the 1914 Speed Trials in this Glenn Freudenberger image taken during the centennial event which shows to total and complete devastation of the once pristine salt beds, (located to the right), caused by a century of potash mining.
The wondrous innocence of the Salduro Salt Beds exemplified in this postcard began to disappear almost as soon as the 1914 Speed Trials concluded. While the area remains one of the most awe-inspiring sites, (and sights), within the United States, it has grown to become much more than merely the Salt Beds of Salduro.
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HomeStartupsNeuroscience meets design for scent-based hydration
Neuroscience meets design for scent-based hydration
German start-up Air Up's reusable bottles flavour water with natural aromas delivered via aroma pods. By leveraging retronasal olfaction, it tricks the brain into thinking scent is taste and water is juice.
Niamh Michail | Nov 22, 2021
An oft-quoted fact holds that between seventy-five and 95% of what we commonly think of as taste actually comes from the sense of smell.
According to Professor Charles Spence, head of the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at Oxford University and expert in multisensory perception, there is little empirical evidence to support this claim. Nevertheless, most researchers agree that olfaction plays a "dominant" role in the tasting of food, Spence says, and this has significant implications for the food industry.
"Crucially, the evidence suggests that it can sometimes inspire the modernist chefs, not to mention the culinary artists and designers, to change the way in which they deliver multisensory flavour experiences to their customers in order to capitalize on olfaction's often dominant role in our perception of food and drink," Spence writes in an open-access article in Flavour journal.
Air Up is a German start-up that has combined neuroscience and design to create a drinking system that flavours pure water using scent alone, without the use of additives.
Lena Jüngst, Air Up's CEO and Tim Jäger, its CTO, came up with the concept while studying product design at the University of Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd in Germany. They designed the first prototype of the Air Up bottle as part of their bachelor thesis on the topic 'Neuroscience meets Design'. After graduating, Jüngst and Jäger patented their idea and were joined by Fabian Schlang, nutritionist and student in food technology, who helped develop the bottle prototype further as well as the flavours and carriers.
"By transporting scent through air and by using the biological effect of retronasal olfaction we create an impression of taste that is actually scent," it says. "To explain briefly: Our brain distinguishes between orthonasal (perceived via nose) and retronasal (perceived via mouth) scent. While orthonasally perceived smell is also interpreted as such by our brain, retronasally perceived scent is interpreted as a part of our taste impression and our brain attributes it to food or drinks in our mouth. This biological connection made it possible for [us] to flavour simple tap water with a multitude of tastes only via scented air."
Air, water and natural aroma
So, how does it actually work for the user? Consumers fill the 650-ml Air Up bottle, made from BPA-free Tritan and food-grade silicone, with still or sparkling water and then attach the scent pod.
When they drink the water using the straw, the silicone attachment draws up both water and air, which passes through the flavour pod.
"This is where retro nasal olfaction comes into play," says Air Up. "In the throat, the flavoured air rises from the water and is perceived as taste at the olfactory centre. One could say you tricked your brain and saved your body from proven harmful sweeteners, stabilizers or acid regulators."
The aroma pods are made from natural flavours, extracted from fruits, plants, and spices, and consumers can choose from a range of flavours including apple, lime, orange-passion fruit, peach, raspberry-lime, cherry, cucumber, tangerine, and coffee.
One pod can flavour five litres of water, and the flavouring function can be deactivated if the consumer wants to drink plain water. A starter pack comprising a bottle and two pod packets retails for €34.95 via the start-up's website while a pack of three refill pods costs €6.95.
Fewer ingredients, less plastic
The company says it is contributing to reducing the impact of two pressing issues of our era – plastic waste and poor nutrition – and, in 2017, it was chosen to take part in the European Union's Climate KIC program, which supports sustainable start-ups.
"While a scent pod is sufficient to aromatize at least five litres of water, a consumer would have to buy five to ten PET bottles for the same amount of any other drink. This saving, in turn, leads to great logistical potential. As it reduces the weight and volume of goods on aircrafts, container ships, and trucks from the producer to the supermarkets and, from there to our homes."
Healthier hydration
After an initial product launch in Germany in 2019, Air Up has rolled out its products to the UK, France, Italy and other European countries.
Air Up positions itself as an alternative to current on-the-go beverages that, due to their sugar content and single-use plastic containers, are bad for both health and the environment, and it has already attracted attention from one of the biggest soda manufacturers in the world, PepsiCo.
In 2020, Air Up raised a reported €18 million in a Series A round with investment from PepsiCo, Oysterbay, Five Seasons Ventures, and others.
PepsiCo, which acquired SodaStream in 2018 in order to "support health and wellness through environmentally friendly, cost-effective and fun-to-use beverage solutions", likely sees similar potential in Air Up's proposition.
Niccolo Manzoni, managing partner of Five Seasons Ventures, described Air Up as a future category leader in food tech.
"In such a short period of time, Air Up has delivered exceptional traction in a market where the consumer needs are known to many: more hydration, the reduction of single-use plastic bottles, and increased consumption of healthy drinks," Manzoni said. "The latest capital raise will fuel the company to expand to a global stage, to make scent-based hydration the new normal."
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PRO-KREMLIN WEBSITE CLAIMS MASKHADOV IS TIED TO AL-QAIDA.
February 4, 2002 08:00 AM Age: 21 years
Moscow had hoped that the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington would undermine support in the West for the Chechen rebels. And, indeed, not long after the September 11 attacks the U.S. administration and other Western governments called on the rebels to break any ties they had with al-Qaida or other international terrorist groups. But while there has been debate over the extent of those ties, officials in the West seem to be moving back toward a position that both makes a distinction between Aslan Maskhadov and other more radical members of the Chechen rebel movement, and that calls on Moscow to resume its stalled talks with representatives of the Chechen rebel leader.
This may explain why the Russian authorities have lately sought to connect not only radical Chechen rebel leaders like Shamil Basaev and Khattab with bin Laden, but also Maskhadov. On January 25, Strana.ru, the Kremlin-connected website, reported that Arab mercenaries who had fought in Afghanistan alongside al-Qaida had joined Maskhadov's "bandit formation" inside Chechnya. The website–quoting an unnamed source in the "regional operations staff for counterterrorist operations in the North Caucasus"–claimed that "notes" found on the body of a rebel field commander named Oybek Rakhimov (aka "Uzbek") who was killed in Chechnya on January 16 indicated that among the "Arab mercenaries" fighting in Maskhadov's unit were two Egyptians belonging to the extremist Al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah who were close to Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's Number Two and al-Qaida's ideologue. Strana.ru also claimed that the body of "Uzbek" was found with "financial statements for the international terrorists al-Islambuli and Hamza." This, the website claimed, is proof that Maskhadov is receiving money for "jihad" from international Islamic extremist organizations (Strana.ru, January 25). It is not completely clear who "al-Islambuli" and "Hamza" refer to, but it may be Muhammad al-Islambuli–brother of Khalid al-Islambuli, who was accused of assassinating Egyptian President Anwar Sadat–and Mustafa Hamzah, alias Abu-Hazim–whom Egypt accuses of planning the failed 1995 assassination attempt against President Husni Mubarak in Addis Ababa. Both men, along with al-Zawahiri, are reputedly top members of Al Jama'ah al-Islamiyah. Last month, Akhmed Zakaev, Maskhadov's representative and a vice premier in the separatists' Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, categorically denied any links between the Chechen rebel leadership and al-Qaida (see the Monitor, January 25).
Meanwhile, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, who yesterday accused Western governments of exhibiting a double standard in meeting with representatives of Aslan Maskhadov, used the series of bombings carried out in various Russian cities in September 1999–which Russian officials blamed on Chechen terrorists and which served as one of the main pretexts for Russia's military intervention in Chechnya–to make his case. "If those who blow up apartment houses in Moscow or Buinaksk in Dagestan are declared freedom fighters while in other countries such persons are referred to as terrorists, one cannot even think of forging a united antiterrorist front," the Russian defense minister declared.
It remains less than clear, however, who was behind those bombings. In March 2000, two men were sentenced to life imprisonment and four received life sentences for carrying out the September 1999 truck bombing of an apartment building in Buinaksk, which killed sixty-two people. One of the convicted bombers, Isa Zainutdinov, admitted that he had served with Khattab, but said he worked as a cook and did not take part in combat operations. During the trial, he claimed that he had not known about the planned bombing when he agreed to deliver the chemicals from Khattab's camp in Serzhenyurt to Dagestan. He insisted that he and his co-defendants had been "framed" and said he believed that "the Russian secret services were fully informed about the transport of explosives from Chechnya to Dagestan" (Moscow Times, March 20, 2001). Last November, five men from the southern Russian republic of Karachaevo-Cherkessia were sentenced to prison terms ranging from nine to fifteen years for plotting various terrorist attacks across Russia. They were originally charged with organizing the September 1999 bombings of apartment buildings in Moscow and the southern town of Volgodonsk, but those charges were dropped (Moscow Times, November 15, 2001; see also the Monitor, October 31, 2001). No one thus far has been convicted for the Moscow and Volgodonsk blasts, and Boris Berezovsky, the anti-Kremlin oligarch, claims they were carried out by Russia's special services.
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